Ocular pulse amplitude in normal tension and primary open angle glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 403-407

  Stalmans, Ingeborg ^a   Harris, Alon ^b   Vanbellinghen, Veerle ^a   Zeyen, Thierry ^a   Siesky, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Dynamic contour tonometer; Glaucoma; Goldmann; Ocular pulse amplitude; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE BLOOD FLOW; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL TENSION GLAUCOMA; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; OCULAR PULSE AMPLITUDE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 58149140508     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31815c5f2c     Document Type: Article

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